Another social research is possible. From the collaboration between researchers and social movements

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Extract ----- Abstract The article presents an overview of the relationships between higher education institutions, researchers, and social movements in Colombia. Based on a periodisation of the different modes of alignments or gaps between these 3 social actors, the study focuses on two significant experiences of collaborative research between researchers and social movements. First, an experience with peasant movements from the Atlantic Coast led by Orlando Fals Borda from La Rosca Foundation in the 1970s, and which originated Participatory Action Research. Then, a project conducted by the Subjects and New Narratives in Research and Teaching of the Social Sciences research group at the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional focused on the systematisation of practices with popular organisations and their inputs to the field of critialc research. Finally, a balance of the current situation of joint research between social movements and collectives of researchers linked to higher education institutions is presented. Keywords: Knowledge production, university, social movements, participatory research, systematization ----- Otra investigacion social es posible. Desde la colaboracion entre investigadores y movimientos Sociales Resumen El articulo presenta una mirada de conjunto sobre las relaciones entre universidades, investigadores y movimientos sociales en Colombia. A partir de una periodizacion de los diferentes modos de articulacion o distanciamiento entre estos 3 actores sociales, el estudio se detiene en dos experiencias significativas de investigacion colaborativa entre investigadores y movimientos sociales: la liderada por Orlando Fals Bordad desde la Fundacion La Rosca en la decada de 1970 con movimientos campesinos de la Costa Atlantica y que dio origen a la Investigacion Accion Participativa, y la llevada a cabo por el grupo de investigacion Sujetos y nuevas narrativas en investigacion y ensenanza de las ciencias sociales de la Universidad Pedagogica Nacional en torno a la sistematizacion de practicas con organizaciones populares. Finalmente, se plantean algunos desafios acerca de la investigacion conjunta entre movimientos sociales y colectivos de investigadores vinculados a universidades. Palabras clave: Produccion de conocimiento, universidad, movimientos sociales, investigacion participativa, sistematizacion ----- Bibliography: Torres Carrillo, Alfonso: Another social research is possible. From the collaboration between researchers and social movements, IJAR – International Journal of Action Research, 1-2020, pp. 23-39. https://doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v16i1.03